Hickory Nut Mountain
Hickory Nut Mountain rises to 411 m in Tennessee. Smartt Mountain stands 645 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Falls, a waterfall 1.4 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31673705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 411 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cope Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Bone Cave Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Turkeyscratch Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Tandy Knob: 6.1 mi
- Doyle Hill: 6.3 mi
- Rock Island State Rustic Park: 1.5 mi
- Ragland Bottom Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Spencer City Park: 11.4 mi
- Warren County A&L Fair: 11.9 mi
- Pearson Park: 12.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.4 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 12.1 mi
- Middle Falls: 14.9 mi
- Little Falls: 15.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 15.0 mi
- Medley Arch: 15.4 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Smoot Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 11.0 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 22.5 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 23.9 mi
- Depot Museum: 24.2 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 11.6 mi
- Sunset Rock: 15.5 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 19.0 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 19.6 mi
- George's Hole: 19.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- George's Hole: 19.7 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 11.2 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 23.0 mi
- Pinhook: 6.2 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Hickory Nut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smartt Mountain | SSE 148° | 645 m | 20.6 mi |
| Short Mountain | W 278° | 635 m | 19.5 mi |
| Hills Mountain | SSE 149° | 622 m | 20.5 mi |
| Buck Knob | SE 140° | 617 m | 21.0 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | ENE 78° | 610 m | 18.9 mi |
| Kellog Knob | ESE 120° | 598 m | 21.1 mi |
| Harrison Ferry Mountain | S 180° | 592 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dumpling Mountain | SE 142° | 591 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Island SP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356774593
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